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22/07/2016

Travel: Found this wonderful church in the area of Vouliagmeni in Athens, Greece

17/05/2016

JE congratulates the director and producer Natalia Bougadellis for the selection of her movie "The Owls" for the short film corner of the Festival of Cannes!

06/05/2016

Travel: Duomo di Firenze , Italy
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05/05/2016

Travel: The Ritz London
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05/05/2016

Travel: Duomo di Firenze , Italy
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30/04/2016

JE Throwback: George Clooney at Venice Film Festival

31/03/2016

Throwback: Kate Winslet at the 2015 BFI London Film Festival closing ceremony screening Steve Jobs

27/03/2016

Travel: Explore the paradise in Agadir, Morocco

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25/03/2016

Film Review

Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice

The answer of DC to Marvel’s Avengers comes strong, serving the function of proposing spin-offs and other franchises (eg. Justice League). A lineup of actors, with Henry Cavill returning as Superman, and Ben Affleck beginning his role as Batman. A curious choice indeed for Affleck since his recent directorial debut of thrillers suggested that it might be a risk taking a backward step to acting. Wonder Woman (Gal Gadot), gets the introduction she needs to spark the interest in audiences in the film to come. The supporting actors, Jeremy Irons taking over from Michael Caine as Alfred, Bruce Wayne’s butler/weapon designer and Jesse Eisenberg as a paranoid Lex Luthor.

The film mostly merges the two worlds of these superheroes, Batman’s Gotham and Superman’s Metropolis, which is inarguably the most interesting aspect of Batman v Superman. The two cities are presented as being divided by a river and they are shown to be quite distinct from each other.

The opening of a film is quite a good way to show the damage caused by superhero fights, picking up from Man of Steel. The film’s director, Zack Snyder (“300”, “Man of Steel”) when lost and not sure how to move on, adds yet another monster, yet another fight, yet another explosion, yet another theme, making the film abnormally long and overpacked. However Snyder manages to apply the visual aspect such a film demands, even if he is not known for being subtle.

Music by Hans Zimmer (joined on this film by Ju**ie XL) thankfully makes large portions of the dialogue (Chris Terrio and David S. Goyer) inaudible at times when it’s most needed. One could worry how big that “v” in Batman v Superman is, but it will suffice to say that if you really want to see Batman and Superman in a fight, this is not the film you are expecting. It largely feels like the film had time to fill which it did quite sloppily through dream sequences and the art of adding extra explosions every now and then just for the sake of it.

Overall, a nice lineup of cast and a hugely interesting division of two cities, Metropolis and Gotham, probably stealing the spotlights from Henry Cavill and Ben Affleck themselves. A movie that will surely be extremely popular in its first week of release. Nevertheless, a movie for the sake of making the movie.

Stars: 3/5

Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
Warner Bros.
Directed by: Zack Snyder
Executive Producer: Christopher Nolan, Emma Thomas
Written by: Chris Terrio and David S. Goyer
Cast: Ben Affleck, Henry Cavill, Amy Adams, Jesse Eisenberg, Diane Lane, Laurence Fishburne, Jeremy Irons, Holly Hunter, Gal Gadot.

25/03/2016

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24/03/2016

JE Throwback: Michael Fassbender signing autographs at the 2015 BFI London Festival during the Steve Jobs european premiere

24/03/2016

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